CANASTOTA, NY - Do you adore Him by genuflecting before the tabernacle where He has been
eagerly awaiting your arrival? When you get to the pew do you kneel down and
talk to Him or do you spend the time before Mass catching up with your
neighbors?
What should your response be? Light a virtual candle today.
There are valuable lessons to learn from Elizabeth's reaction (and that of the child
in her womb) to Mary's visitation.
'Who am I,' the pregnant octogenarian asked as John the
Baptist leaped for joy, 'that the mother of my Lord should come to
me?' Mary was the first tabernacle. Clearly, Elizabeth and her
son recognized in whose Presence they were.
When was the last time you leaped for joy (spiritually or physically) as you
approached the tabernacle, or gazed upon Our Lord exposed in a Monstrance or
when He was placed on your tongue?
When you approach the sanctuary to receive the Body, Blood, Soul and
Divinity of your Lord and Savior does He see an appreciative and joyful face or
a distracted and joyless one? If it is the latter, ask Him for a new heart
so overflowing with love for Him that such love will be reflected on your
face.
Has God ever heard you ask Him in the stillness of your soul and
the quiet of your heart right before you receive Him: "Who am I that my
Lord should come to me?" If not, return to your pew and quietly
ponder that question and the miracle you experience every time you
receive Communion at Mass.
How will you respond the next time you're in His Presence?

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A blog through which I promote zeal for the salvation of souls, awe and amazement for the Holy Eucharist and Eucharistic Adoration, and fidelity to the Truths of our Catholic Faith.

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